Cert Says Stop Using IE

A recent CERT advisory has recommended that users stop using IE as their browser.

Use a different web browser

There are a number of significant vulnerabilities in technologies relating to the IE domain/zone security model, the DHTML object model, MIME type determination, and ActiveX. It is possible to reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities by using a different web browser, especially when browsing untrusted sites. Such a decision may, however, reduce the functionality of sites that require IE-specific features such as DHTML, VBScript, and ActiveX. Note that using a different web browser will not remove IE from a Windows system, and other programs may invoke IE, the WebBrowser ActiveX control, or the HTML rendering engine (MSHTML).

If you're a Mac user, of course, you've already done that since IE on the Mac is far behind Safari or Firefox. If you're a Windows user, you can try Mozilla if you want a full featured browser with built-in email and address book, or Firefox for a fast browser-only solution.